The Best Practice in Promoting Quality of Life for a Terminally

question 26

Multiple Choice

The best practice in promoting quality of life for a terminally ill 10-year-old child would be:

• A) focused on the child's chronological age.
• B) allowing the child to return to his or her regular classroom.
• C) having the child cared for only by health-care providers, who are more objective than families.
• D) placing the child in a health-care facility for treatment and care.

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Definitions:

Reptiles

A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that include snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and various extinct groups, characterized by breathing air, laying shelled eggs, and having a skin covered with scales or scutes.

Urea

An organic compound and waste product produced in the liver, resulting from the metabolism of proteins, excreted in the urine.

Amphibians

A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, characterized by their ability to live both in water and on land.

Mammals

Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by the presence of mammary glands, which females use to feed their young, and usually hair or fur on their bodies.